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Emily Conroy-Krutz is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Michigan State University (MSU), part of the College of Social Science. She specializes in the global history of 19th-century America, focusing on American empire, religion, and reform. Her work bridges domestic and international dimensions, particularly examining how religion and missionary activities intersected with U.S. foreign relations.
Her research has produced influential works like Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic (Cornell, 2015) and the forthcoming Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations. She co-edited The Early Imperial Republic: From the American Revolution to the U.S.-Mexican War (2023), which redefines understanding of early U.S. territorial and ideological expansion.
At MSU, she teaches courses on American foreign relations, women’s history, revolutionary America, and legal history. She actively mentors undergraduate History Scholars and serves as the undergraduate honors advisor. Her scholarship emphasizes transnational perspectives, highlighting how American empire-building influenced global religious and political landscapes.
Her recent publications explore themes such as Native nations' resilience against imperial encroachment, the role of humanitarianism in U.S. diplomacy, and the intersections of race, religion, and gender in 19th-century contexts. She collaborates widely, contributing to interdisciplinary debates on early American imperialism and transimperial history.
